minus-squareNewOldGuard@lemmy.mltoAndroid@lemdro.id•The Play Store is a frustrating mess — here are 7 issues Google must fix in 2026linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAndroid is NOT open source. AOSP is, but the android distributions you get on a retail phone add proprietary and closed source features atop AOSP. It is at best open-core but even that is questionable given the release cadence of AOSP linkfedilink
Android is NOT open source. AOSP is, but the android distributions you get on a retail phone add proprietary and closed source features atop AOSP. It is at best open-core but even that is questionable given the release cadence of AOSP